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A new generation of nuclear power technology seeks to transform one of the industry's most enduring problems--its radioactive waste--into an energy solution...
from National Geographic News
posted on 9/2/2010
Preemptive removal of breasts or ovaries in women with two common breast cancer genes can sharply reduce the risk of contracting cancer and dying, even if a woman has already been diagnosed with breast cancer, a new study confirms...
from the Los Angeles Times (Registration Required)
posted on 9/2/2010
Milk is well known as a great dietary source of protein and calcium, not to mention an indispensable companion to cookies. But "nature's perfect food," a label given to milk over time by a variety of boosters, including consumer activists, government nutritionists and the American Dairy Council, has become a great source of controversy, too...
from Scientific American
posted on 9/2/2010
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